“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at
the cradle of true art and true science.”
- Albert Einstein
Quote of the Week
Human EmotionPsychology 3131
Professor June Gruber
Human EmotionEmotion Regulation
Can We Control our Feelings?
“The processes by which individuals influence which emotions they have, when they have them, and how they experience and express their emotions”
(Gross, 1998).
Quote of the Week
Dr. James Gross
Experts In Emotion Interview
Emotion Regulation
Professor of PsychologyStanford University
Course Logistics
Social Emotion Regulation
Roadmap
Emotion Regulation
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Take-Away Qs & Expert Interview
Course LogisticsExam 2 - Review Sheet Exam Review Sheet Handed Out
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Exam 2 - Extra Credit Question Hint Optional readings (pick at least 1)
Course LogisticsFTEP CLIP Interview :) Invited FTEP to visit our class and observe teaching to gather feedback and improve course / teaching. -Prof. Angela Bielefeldt here today.:
1. Observe our class ~15 minutes 2. Conduct class interview ~30 mins 3. Class break (10 mins) 4. Resume class lecture
Prof. Angela Bielefeldt
FTEP CLIP INTERCVIEW
ProfessorCivil, Environmental, & Architectural EngineeringUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Course Logistics
Social Emotion Regulation
Roadmap
Emotion RegulationEmotion Regulation
Take-Away Qs & Expert Interview
“The processes by which individuals influence which emotions they have, when they have them, and how they experience and express their emotions”
(Gross, 1998).
Reactivity Regulation Understanding
The type, magnitude and duration of responses in response to internal and external environment and have significance for personal goals (Levenson, 2007).
The processes by which individuals influence which emotions they have, when they have them, and how they experience and express these emotions (Gross, 1998).
Knowledge about whether we or other people are experiencing emotions (Levenson, 2007).
Gross & Levenson (1995); Rottenberg, Ray, & Gross (2007)
Down-Regulation (Decrease)
Up-Regulation (Increase)
Negative
Positive
Down-Regulation (Decrease)
Up-Regulation (Increase)
Negative
-Trying to calm oneself down when angry (Int)
-Helping tearful child fix broken toy (Ext)
Positive
Down-Regulation (Decrease)
Up-Regulation (Increase)
Negative
-Trying to calm oneself down when angry (Int)
-Helping tearful child fix broken toy (Ext)
Positive
-Sharing great news with close friends (Int)
-Telling someone a joke to cheer them up (Ext)
Down-Regulation (Decrease)
Up-Regulation (Increase)
Negative
-Trying to calm oneself down when angry (Int)
-Helping tearful child fix broken toy (Ext)
Positive
-Sharing great news with close friends (Int)
-Telling someone a joke to cheer them up (Ext)
Down-Regulation (Decrease)
Up-Regulation (Increase)
Negative
-Trying to calm oneself down when angry (Int)
-Helping tearful child fix broken toy (Ext)
-Firing oneself up before a big game (Int)
-Reframing friends “little fight” with spouse as serious
(Ext)
Positive
-Sharing great news with close friends (Int)
-Telling someone a joke to cheer them up (Ext)
Down-Regulation (Decrease)
Up-Regulation (Increase)
Negative
-Trying to calm oneself down when angry (Int)
-Helping tearful child fix broken toy (Ext)
-Firing oneself up before a big game (Int)
-Reframing friends “little fight” with spouse as serious
(Ext)
Positive
-Sharing great news with close friends (Int)
-Telling someone a joke to cheer them up (Ext)
Down-Regulation (Decrease)
Up-Regulation (Increase)
Negative
-Trying to calm oneself down when angry (Int)
-Helping tearful child fix broken toy (Ext)
-Firing oneself up before a big game (Int)
-Reframing friends “little fight” with spouse as serious
(Ext)
Positive
-Wiping smile off face at funeral (Int)
-Helping giggling child calm down for bedtime
(Ext)
-Sharing great news with close friends (Int)
-Telling someone a joke to cheer them up (Ext)
Emotion Regulation: In Class Exercise
You will be viewing a short film clip. Please try to adopt a detached and unemotional attitude as you watch the film. In other words, as you watch the film clip, try to think about what you are seeing objectively, in terms of the technical aspects of the events you observe. Watch the film clip carefully, but please try to think about what you are seeing so you don't feel anything at all.
Group A
You will be viewing a short film clip. If you have any feelings as you watch the film clip, please try your best not to let those feelings show. In other words, as you watch the film clip, try to behave in such a way that a person watching you would not know you were feeling anything. Watch the film clip carefully, but please try to behave so that someone watching you would not know that you are feeling anything at all.
Group B
You will now be viewing the film clip. Please watch the film carefully.
Group C
RATE EMOTION EXPERIENCE - POSITIVE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
RATE EMOTION EXPERIENCE - NEGATIVE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
RATE EMOTION EXPRESSION - POSITIVE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
RATE EMOTION EXPRESSION - NEGATIVE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
RATE PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL - OVERALL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
Prof. Angela Bielefeldt
FTEP CLIP INTERCVIEW
ProfessorCivil, Environmental, & Architectural EngineeringUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Emotion Regulation: In Class Exercise
RATE EMOTION EXPERIENCE - POSITIVE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
RATE EMOTION EXPERIENCE - NEGATIVE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
RATE EMOTION EXPRESSION - POSITIVE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
RATE EMOTION EXPRESSION - NEGATIVE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
RATE PHYSIOLOGICAL AROUSAL - OVERALL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
none at all somewhat very
much
Situation Attention Appraisal Response
Situation Selection/Modification
AttentionalDeployment
Cognitive Reappraisal Suppression
Event/Stimulus ANTECEDENT-FOCUSED
Response RESPONSE-FOCUSED
Assessment of Event
Process Model of Emotion Regulation(Gross, 1998)
Situation Attention Appraisal Response
Situation Selection/Modification
AttentionalDeployment
Cognitive Reappraisal Suppression
Event/Stimulus ANTECEDENT-FOCUSED
Response RESPONSE-FOCUSED
Assessment of Event
Process Model of Emotion Regulation(Gross, 1998)
Process Model of Emotion Regulation(Gross, 1998)
Emotion Regulation: In Class Exercise
Situation
Situation Selection/Modification
Event/Stimulus ANTECEDENT-FOCUSED
Process Model of Emotion Regulation(Gross, 1998)
Imagine standing in a long line at a supermarket counter. A grumpy clerk slowly passes each item on the scanner glaring at you. A small child behind you emits a piercing scream. Your blood pressure rises and your fingers grip the cart tightly.
But, at that very moment, the thought crosses your mind that a scathing remark towards the clerk or child will make things worse. So you bite your tongue and put on a smile. Why?
STRATEGY DEFINITION EXAMPLE
Situation Selection
Taking actions that will make it more (or less) likely that you will end up in situation giving rise to desirable (or
undesirable) emotions.
Move to a different checkout line at the grocery store.
Situation Modification
Directly modify a situation so as to alter its emotional impact.
Strike up friendly conversation with clerk.
Antecedent-Focused Strategies
Situation Attention Appraisal
Situation Selection/Modification
AttentionalDeployment
Cognitive Reappraisal
Event/Stimulus ANTECEDENT-FOCUSED
Assessment of Event
Process Model of Emotion Regulation(Gross, 1998)
STRATEGY DEFINITION EXAMPLE
Attentional Deployment
(2 types: distraction, concentration)
Directing one’s attention within a given situation in order to influence one’s emotions.
Remembering a happy memory.
Cognitive Reappraisal (aka cognitive
change)
Changing the way one appraises (i.e., thinks about or evaluates) a
situation to alter its emotional impact
Thinking that the situation could be worse, you could have 10
screaming kids behind you in line!
Assessment of Event
• Defined as construing an emotion-eliciting situation in a way that alters its emotional impact (e.g., Lazarus & Alfert, 1962; Gross, 1998)
• Form of cognitive change common to existing CBT interventions (e.g., Beck, 1962)
• Associated with reductions in negative and positive affect and physiological response (e.g., Gross, 1998; Gross, 2002).
Cognitive Reappraisal
Situation Attention Appraisal Response
Situation Selection/Modification
AttentionalDeployment
Cognitive Reappraisal Suppression
Event/Stimulus ANTECEDENT-FOCUSED
Response RESPONSE-FOCUSED
Assessment of Event
Process Model of Emotion Regulation(Gross, 1998)
STRATEGY DEFINITION EXAMPLE
Behavioral Suppression
Inhibiting ongoing emotion expressions Suppress anger expression
Response Focused Strategies
• Defined as attempting to suppress or inhibit outward displays of emotion (e.g., Gross, 1998)
• Associated with increased physiological response (e.g., Gross, 1998; Gross, 2002).
Suppression
Situation Attention Appraisal Response
Situation Selection/Modification
AttentionalDeployment
Cognitive Reappraisal Suppression
Event/Stimulus ANTECEDENT-FOCUSED
Response RESPONSE-FOCUSED
Assessment of Event
Process Model of Emotion Regulation(Gross, 1998)
Situation Attention Appraisal Response
Situation Selection/Modification
AttentionalDeployment
Cognitive Reappraisal Suppression
Event/Stimulus ANTECEDENT-FOCUSED
Response RESPONSE-FOCUSED
Assessment of Event
Process Model of Emotion Regulation(Gross, 1998)
Situation Attention Appraisal Response
Situation Selection/Modification
AttentionalDeployment
Cognitive Reappraisal Suppression
Event/Stimulus ANTECEDENT-FOCUSED
Response RESPONSE-FOCUSED
Assessment of Event
Process Model of Emotion Regulation(Gross, 1998)
BASELINE REGULATE WATCH RESPONSE
Experience
Expression
Physiology
REAPPRAISE
“Adopt detached and unemotional
attitude”
SUPPRESS “Do not show your
feelings”
WATCH
“Watch the film”
Suppression Watch Reappraisal
Experience or ns. *
Behavior *
Physiology *
Reappraisal & Suppression: Short-Term Consequences(Gross & Levenson, 1993)
STRATEGY LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES
ReappraisalBetter social relationshipsBetter coping with stress
More positive emotion
SuppressionFeel less authentic in social life
Poorer coping with stressLess positive & more negative emotion
Reappraisal & Suppression: Long-Term Consequences(Gross & Levenson, 1993)
EMOTION REGULATION DISTINCT FROM
Emotion Regulation & Related Constructs
Mood Regulation Subjective component
Longer-term state
Defenses Aggressive/sexual impulses
Unconscious
Coping Decreasing NA
Longer time period
Cognitive Distancing
• Repetitive focus on the content, causes, and consequences of one’s affective state that is conducive to problem solving (Ayduk, Mischel, & Downey, 2002).
• 3rd-person perspective (“distanced-why”).
• Associated with reductions in negative affect and positive affect
(Ayduk et al., 2002; Kross et al., 2005).
Cognitive Distancing Strategy
Gruber et al. (2009)
BASELINE RECALL REGULATE
Remain seated quietly.
DISTANCING
“Watch the event from a distance”
(Ayduk et al, 2002; Kross et al., 2005)
“Please go back to the time and place of the same happy event you recalled earlier and see the scene in your mind’s eye. Take a few
steps back, move away from the situation to a point where you can now watch the event from a distance. As you do this, focus on what
has now become the distant you...”
“...As you continue to watch the distant you, try to understand the emotions that the distant you experienced as the event unfolded. Why did he or she have those feelings? What were the underlying
causes and reasons?”
Adapted from Kross et al. (2005)
Gruber et al. (2009)
BASELINE RECALL REGULATE REPORT
Remain seated quietly.
DISTANCING
“Watch the event from a distance”
(Ayduk et al, 2002; Kross et al., 2005)
Affect
Physiology
STRATEGY EMOTIONAL CONSEQUENCES
Cognitive Distancing
Decreased negative affect Decreased positive affect Less physiological arousal
(Soothes emotion intensity)
Rumination
Increased negative affect Increased positive affect
Greater physiological arousal (Amplifies emotion intensity)
Cognitive Distancing & Rumination Long-Term Consequences(Gruber et al., 2008; Kross et al., 2005)
EMOTION REGULATION DISTINCT FROM
Emotion Regulation & Related Constructs
Mood Regulation Subjective component
Longer-term state
Defenses Aggressive/sexual impulses
Unconscious
Coping Decreasing NA
Longer time period
Course Logistics
Social Emotion Regulation
Roadmap
Emotion Regulation
Social Emotion Regulation
Take-Away Qs & Expert Interview
Thought Exercise:First Thing You Did After Major Emotional Event?
External Emotion RegulatorsOther People Regulate Our Feelings By:
- Providing social support and comfort
- Empathy
- Assisting with cognitive strategies (e.g., reappraisal)
- Assist with attention strategies (e.g., distraction)
Diamond & Aspinwall, 2003
Social Baseline Theory
Principle 1: Humans are hardwired to seek social support and contact. Thus, social contact is a baseline strategy for emotion regulation.
Coan, 2011
Principle 2: Interpersonal factors (e.g., social interaction, social proximity) are a means through which we can regulate our emotions.
Social Baseline Theory
Social interactions regulate our emotions via: 1. Signal social resources are available 2. Reduce perceptions of risk and alarm 3. Alert individuals that less action is needed 4. Reduce cognitive and metabolic costs 5. Foster efficient coping
Coan, 2011
Social Baseline Theory
Coan, 2011
Social Baseline Theory
- We use social contact with others as a “baseline” emotion regulation strategy
- A model of social emotion regulation which posits that we use social contact as a common and default strategy to reguate our emotions.
Course Logistics
Social Emotion Regulation
Roadmap
Emotion Regulation
Take-Away Qs & Expert InterviewTake-Away Qs & Expert Interview
Experts In Emotion
? !
*EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY*
Dr. James Gross
Experts In Emotion Interview
Emotion Regulation
Professor of PsychologyStanford University
Dr. Kevin Ochsner
Experts In Emotion Interview
Emotion Regulation and the Brain
Professor of PsychologyColumbia University
Dr. Jim Coan
Experts In Emotion Interview
Social Regulation of Emotion
Associate Professor of PsychologyUniversity of Virginia
Thank You!Psychology 3131
Professor June Gruber